Authors tab
In this example, the Name AuthorThe author responsible for writing the formal description of a species (i.e. specifying a Taxonomic classification for the species). is the same as the author of the Primary CitationIn Taxonomy, the paper / article that first proposes (specifies) the scientific name for a species. In Botany this paper is known as the Protologue..
- Select Yes from the Name authors same as citation authors?: (Name Authors) drop list.
The Name Authors table updates with the name of the author specified in the primary citation and the Role is automatically set to
Author
. The table is read-only when Yes is selected. - In the Year: (Name Authors) field, enter the year in which the scientific name was published.
- Save the record.
The scientific name, Aus bus Wood, 2005 (which is included in the Summary Data field) is auto-generated using the available details:
The Classification tab displays as: